Aug. 12, 2019 Storyteller—Life is an opportunity—don’t waste it “Hey, your mom drank poison, and they are taking her to the hospital.” Those were the words Staff Sgt. Gopal Pudasaini, 21st Medical Operations Squadron family health clinic patient advocate, heard as he was in the middle of a school exam in a small village near Kathmandu, the capital of
Aug. 4, 2019 Taiwan added to AFCLC’s field guide inventory The Air Force Culture and Language Center at Air University continues to expand its Expeditionary Culture Field Guides inventory. This past month, Taiwan has been added to the center’s growing collection of field guides.
July 17, 2019 Speaking Air Force-fully: Defining “spun up” Let’s start with a question: What does it take to get you spun up? Do you need a tranche (another great Air Force word) of information and maybe some well written Standard Operating Procedures? Or would some frustration and aggravation do the trick of spinning you up? Your response to these
July 9, 2019 Speaking Air Force-fully: Defining 'kludge' The first uniquely Air Force word that I encountered was “kludge,” and to this day, I’ve never heard it spoken by anyone outside of the Air Force. Awkward, guttural and inelegant, it was especially notable because I could not, for the life of me, figure out what it meant.
July 1, 2019 Speaking Air Force-fully When I began working for the Air Force Culture and Language Center as a Subject Matter Expert in Culture (aka SME, pronounced like Capt Hook’s clownish pirate boatswain), I recognized that I was immersing myself in a culture that was fairly new to me – that of the United States Air Force. I quickly
June 24, 2019 Taking the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI): A Vital Readiness Indicator LEAP Scholars,I want to talk to you about an important topic that deals with turning your LEAP education into a more precise measurement of military readiness—the OPI. The OPI provides data that offers planners a more refined picture of “right airman, right skill, right place, right time” when
April 2, 2019 Air University and AFCLC hosted the fourth annual AU LREC Symposium Air University’s Air Force Culture and Language Center welcomed more than 300 participants to the fourth annual Language, Regional Expertise and Culture Symposium here, from March 27 – 29.This year’s theme was “inter {culture} operability”, which was taken from the 2018 National Defense Strategy to
March 6, 2019 AFCLC celebrates Women’s History Month Historically, women have played a major role in shaping our nation’s narrative. Some women have served as vocal activists in many major movements; other women have worked quietly behind the scenes to battle oppression and injustices.This March, the Air Force Culture and Language Center celebrates
Feb. 12, 2019 Three Central American countries added to AFCLC’s field guide inventory Culture-packed, pocket-sized, and free to the public, the Air Force Culture and Language Center at Air University continues to expand its Expeditionary Culture Field Guides inventory. This year, three Central American countries have been added to the repertoire: El Salvador, Belize and Guatemala.
Jan. 16, 2019 LEAP: Improving my language skills at ISOS The purpose of the Inter-American Squadron Officer School (ISOS) is to cultivate those leadership qualities expected in superior ranks. The course mirrors Squadron Officer School (SOS) at Maxwell Air Force Base, but taught entirely in Spanish alongside officers from our Latin American partners.
